Daily Republican., 1887-06-23
This Years Elections.

In only few States will there be
elections for State OH ,ers aud LegislA
lures this year, and only three or four
OF them will poasess National interest
MassAohusetts, OHIO, Iowa, Kentucky
and Maryland will elect Governors.
Ohio and Iowa will be sure for the Be
publioaus, kentucky and Maryland
will be almost - sure for the Demo.
crAts, and the Mugwumps are doing
their level best TO carry Massachusetts
with the odds against them and In
favor OF the Rspu olioAns.
The canvass In kentucky 10 quite
spirited between Buckner and Bradley
for Governor. and were It not for the
almost bsastly Democratic majority In
the State, Bradley, the Repu blioAn can.
didate, would be electsd. Bat mA-
jority OF Hfty thousand set in It's ways
for many years without any peroepti-
BILE change 10 hard to overcome. The
election there will be on the hrst OF Au-
gust, tho first election OF the fall cam
pAign. In Ohio Governor Foraker will
undoubtedly be his own successor, the
only change being an increased Repub-
lican majority.
In Iowa also the re-eleo.ion Of Governor
Larabee Is assured, As the Labor party
has 80 far refu sed all overtures 10 uuite
with the Democrats ~ they have done
before. In Maryland Senator Gorman's
machine will In all probability be too
strong to be overcome, though In that
State the reform movement has been
making rapid head way. It's only .
question Of . few more years when
I'd ill ho ~tSNv,
yoke, discharge machine methods and
become Repuoli,An State.
Though there are no Governors to
elect, no less important and exciting
will the election OF Legislatures be In
several other States. New York, New
Jersey and Virginia will choose ne =
Legislatures, with the exception Of the
holding over Senators. Governor Hill
will make tremendous effort to cleo
. Democratic Senate in New York
This would serve him . two.fold pur
pose. 1t would enable him t.
have his appointments confirmed
and IL would add to his availability a
Grover ClevelAnd's successor, II tina
successor is to be Democrat TIT
greatest interest, however, will oentr'
in those States where United StAseI
Senators are to be elected by the In
coming Legislatures. This occurs only
in three S,ases Iowa, Kentucky and
Virginia. The two first named will
make no change, but there will be 6
struggle In Virginia that will draw Ut
tention from all the other States. Th'
Democratic imbecility shown In man
aging the State debt, and the defeat o
the Democrats last fall in the Congress
slonal election by twenty thousand Be
publican majority have certainly dis
hearteued the Democrats, but 1t ye
remains to be seen whether the Repup
licans will be able to arise to . prope
appreciation OF the situation and prof
by the result. We believe they will
and that the State is virtually lost Il
the Democrats already. The prohibi
tory constitution amend ments will ex
cite the people OF Texas and Tennessee
Though no doubt q majority OF the
voters OF Texas are In favor OF prohlbl-
ton, we can hardly expect is to carry
in that State 80 long as 1T would EN-
danger Democratic supremacy. II
Tennessee, where usually fair elections
are held, the result may be different
Prohibition will also be test questiot
in Oregon at the coming election. II
Delaware, usually an off year, we hav'
constitutional convention election II
engross the minds OF the DsmoorAu
and the few Republicans who still hav
votes. As the Democrats in the Stat
seem to be divided upon that question
and the Republican voting oonsingen
being almost unanimously In favor @
the convention, there Is . good prospe,
that call for q convention will b
recommended.